Gay Nigger Association of America
Gay Nigger Association of America
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| Abbreviation | GNAA |
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| Formation | 2002 |
| Type | Internet trolls |
| Purpose | "Being gay niggers" |
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Membership
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"The only requirement for membership is a dedication to the struggle of gays and niggers everywhere." |
| Affiliations | Goatse Security |
| Website | www.gnaa.eu |
Members of the GNAA also founded Goatse Security, a grey hat information security group. Members of Goatse Security released information in June 2010 about email addresses on AT&T's website from people who had subscribed to mobile data service using the iPad. After the vulnerability was disclosed, the then-president of the GNAA, weev, and GNAA member "JacksonBrown" were arrested.
The group is run by a president, but little else is known about its internal structure. New media researcher Andrew Lih has stated that it is unclear whether or not there was initially a clearly defined group of GNAA members, or if founding and early members of the GNAA were online troublemakers united under the name in order to disrupt websites. However, professor Jodi Dean and MIT graduate Ross Cisneros state that they are an organized group of anti-blogging trolls. Reporters also refer to the GNAA as a group.
The former president of the GNAA, known as "timecop", is known for founding the anime fansub group "Dattebayo". Other members include former president Andrew "weev" Auernheimer, Daniel "JacksonBrown" Spitler, former Debian Project Leader Sam Hocevar, and former spokesman Leon Kaiser.
The group's name has incited controversy and has been described as causing "immediate alarm in anyone with a semblance of good taste", and as being "intentionally offensive", and "spectacularly offensive". The group denies allegations of racism and homophobia, explaining that the name is intended to sow disruption on the Internet and challenge social norms, claiming it was derived from the 1992 Danish satirical blaxploitation film Gayniggers from Outer Space.
The GNAA has also produced shock sites containing malware. One such site, "Last Measure", contains embedded malware that opens up "an endless cascade of pop-up windows displaying pornography or horrific medical pictures." They have also performed proof of concept demonstrations. These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites.
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